Hog-ringer.



N. L. VAN DORN.

HOG RINGER. APPLICATION FILED MAYV'I, i915.

' 1,177,743. v Patented Apr. 4,1916.

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HQG-RINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, .1916.

- Application filedMay 1, 1915. Serial No. 25,224.

To all whom it'm'ayconcern:

Be it'known that I, NOAH L. VAN DORN, a citizen of the United States residing at Burket, in the county of Kosciusko and State of Indiana, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Hog-Ringers, Of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in instruments for applying rings to the snouts of hogs or the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this class which shall be of a simple construction, which may be easily operated, which may be regulated to compensate for the different sized animals upon which the implement is used and which will perform its functions with ease, accuracy and surety.

A further object of the invention is to provide an instrument of this class primarily adapted for applying a double ring but which at the same time may be employed for the application of a single ring if desired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of rings adapted to be applied to an animal to prevent the routing of an animal and an instrument for attaching the said ring to the animal.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an instrument constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the ring arranged between the jaws of the instrument, Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on a line with the slot 8', Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view taken in a line with the slots 8, Fig. 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 41-l of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ring after the same has been operated upon by the instrument, the snout of the animal being indicated by the dotted lines, and Fig. 6 is a plan View of the ring before being operated upon by the instrument.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates an instrument in its entirety, the same comprising a pair of handles 2 and 3 respectively which are formed with a reduced rounded portion 3' adjacent one of their ends, the inner faces of said portions 3 abuttingand being otally secured, as at 4, while projecting from each of the said reduced portions are substantially semi-cylindrical jaws 5 and'6. Each of the jaws is provided with oppositely disposed approximately semi-cylindrical depressions and each of the said inner or working faces is centrally provided with a longitudinally extending arcuate groove 7 and with end grooves 8 and 8, the said end grooves being slightly inclined from the outer ends thereof to the inner end, and all of the grooves terminate in a transverse, substantially rectangular depression 9. v

The numeral 10 designates the ring adapted to be operated upon by the instrument. The ring comprises two members, each being formed from a piece of wire and one having its end curved, as at 11, and being provided with an approximately straight extension 12. The extension 12 of one of the members is provided with a lateral eye 13 which receives the straight extension of the second member, and the curved portions 10 have their ends sharpened and arranged within the outer grooves in one of the jaws, the approximately straight ends of the portions .12 being disposed within the angular end walls 14 of the end grooves of the second jaw and by compressing the handles it will be noted that the ring will be bent to the position illustrated in Fig. 5. It will be further noted that the eye is arranged so as to be received within the substantially rectangular depressions 9 at the inner terminals of the grooves in the jaws, and by an arrangement as above described, it will be further noted that the ring maybe applied to an animal in an expeditious manner without injury to the animal as the outer edges of the jaws do not under any conditions contact with each other. The central groove receives a single ring when the device is employed for attaching only a single ring, and in order that the device may be employed upon animals of varying sizes, one of the handles is provided with a set screw 16 which can be adjusted to contact with the inner face of the second handle. 1 v

The jaws beyond their pivots are provided with straight shoulders a and these shoulders when contacting prevent the outer edges or the working faces of the jaws from contacting.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, thelongitudinally extending parallel grooves adapted each to receive one of the side members of the ring, said grooves terminating in each jaw in a substantially rectangu- Iar depressed portion adapted to receive the eye member of the ring, whereby the said eye may be forced into the said depression when the ring is bent by the ringer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' NOAH L. VAN DORN.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. Kmrrz,

DARIUS L. HARSHNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

